European stocks steady at the start, while ICI surges

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stocks were steady in early trade on Monday, with the few individual movers led by Imperial Chemical Industries
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up 14.8% at 630 pence, after it spurned Akzo Nobel's
AKZOY, +0.15%AKZA, +0.20%
7.2 billion pound, or 600 pence a share, offer. Akzo Nobel slipped 1.8% in Amsterdam. Pearson
PSON, +1.09%PSO, +0.69%
edged 0.4% lower on reports it may join General Electric in a bid for Dow Jones & Co., the owner of The Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch, the publisher of this report. The FTSE 100 rose 0.1% at 6,741.00, the German DAX 30 rose 0.1% at 8,040.84 and the French CAC 40 slipped 0.1% at 6,097.86.

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